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Wm. J Earlier 5 111 5- Fla- Bygmflwm Patented June 27, 1939 PATENT OFFICE WIND WING William J. Fuller, Los Angeles, Calif., assignor to John E. Wrightsman, Los Angeles, Calif.-

Application April 29, 1937, Serial No. 139,690

12 Claims.

My invention relates to wind Wings for automobiles. Important objects of the invention are to provide movable shields: for supporting the wind wings, and to provide means for telescoping with such shields when the wind wings are closed.

Another object is to provide pivotally mounted wind wings whose mountings are in turn mounted on supports movable outwardly from window frames, whereby to get said pivotal axes of the wings away from the frames.

Still another object is to provide means for concealing such shields in the closed position of the wind wings.

The invention also comprises novel details of construction and novel combinations and arrangements of parts, which will more fully appear in the course of the following description.

In the drawing, like reference characters designate similar parts in the several views.

Figure l is an elevation of an embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an enlarged section taken on the line B& of Figure 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral 1 generally designates the body of an automobile, having a window opening 8. An upright rail 9 divides the window. The space in the window 8, ahead of the rail 9, is enclosed by means of a glass l preferably of a streamlined shape, as shown in Figure 1.

The glass is held in a frame I2 by suitable packing It. The frame I2 is pivotally mounted on a shield or shell M. by means of a rounded boss iii and a socket ll respectively on the frame [2 and the shield l4. These pivotal joints are disposed at the top and bottom of the frame I? on a vertical axis for the frame. E 'ach boss It has an integral extension l8 projecting through the frame M. A cap 19 and screw 28 in the end of the extension hold the bosses in their respective sockets.

The shield I4 extends around and conforms in shape with the frame l2 and glass If). The shield is pivotally mounted on the body of the automobile by means of knuckles 2| and 22 on the shield Hi and on the body of the car respectively and by pintles 23 in the knuckles. It will be noted that the movement of the shield i4 is on an axis ahead of and beyond the glass l0 and is apart from the aforedescribed vertical, pivotal axis of the glass.

The shield i4 when in a closed position telescopes with an enlarged garnish rail 24 on the inside of the automobile. The garnish rail extends around the shield l4 and conforms in contour therewith. The garnish rail is in part offset into an opening 44 to form a laterally directed slit. The shield l4 telescopes through said slit and the portion of the shield within the garnish rail carries a flange 25. A rib 26a strengthens the flange.

Loosely supported on the flange 25 by means of brackets 26 is a floating nut 21. The flange has an oblong slot 28 in which a threaded shank 29 of a crank 36 is free to move laterally. The shank has fixed bearings opposed within the wall of the body 1 of the car. One fixed bearing is shown at 3|; the other is provided by inner facing 32 of the car wall.

To prevent unauthorized entrance into an automobile equipped with my present invention, and to make my invention weatherproof, strips 40 and 4! of angle iron are provided between the shields and the Wind wings. These angle iron abutments limit counter-clockwise movement of the wings, as shown in Figure 3, but permit clockwise movement of same, when the shields are moved outward. When the wing is in a closed position, a flange 42 prevents clockwise movement, thus making same secure.

In the operation of my invention, to open-the wind wing, the crank is turned counterclockwise. This movement of the crank moves the shield l4 outward, through the intermediary of the floating nut 2'! on the flange 25 of the shield. Even though the shank 29 has fixed bearings at either side of the flange 25, the nut imparts a swinging motion to the shield around the pintles 23 as an axis, by reason of the fact that the nut floats in its brackets 26.

The boss and socket joints l6 for the frame 12 in the shield l4 provide simple yet very efficient means for pivotally supporting the wings. Sufiicient friction is thereby produced to maintain the wings in adjusted positions and yet permit free manual adjustment. The full line and broken line positions of the wing 10 in Figure 3 respectively show positions in which the ventilation is forced into the automobile and in which the wing deflects wind outwardly from the car.

The shield i4 is shown in Figures 2 and 3 as being in a partially open position. By turning the crank 30 clockwise, the wing is moved to an entirely closed position, and by turning the crank counter-clockwise, the wing is moved to a more open position.

While I have illustrated and described what I now regard as the preferred embodiment of my invention, the construction is, of course, subject to modifications without departing from the spirit of my invention. I, therefore, do not wish to restrict myself to the particular form of construction illustrated and described, but desire to avail myself of all modifications which may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, an automobile body having an opening, a garnish rail along the opening, a C-shaped support telescoping laterally with the garnish rail, said support being relatively wide to form a wind deflecting shield, a flange arranged on the support having conforming margins shielded thereby to limit the movements thereof, a wind wing on the support, and mechanism connected with the flange to move the support in and out with respect to the garnish rail, through the intermediary of the flange.

2. In combination, an automobile body having an opening, a shield in the opening, a wind wing on the shield, the shield being mounted to swing from a position in which the wind wing closes the opening to one in which the wind wing is in an open position relative to said opening, a floating nut on the shield, and a screw mounted in fixed bearings and screwed in the nut, to move the nut and thereby the shield back and forth.

3. In combination, an automobile body having a wall providing an opening, a garnish rail along the opening, a shield telescoping with the garnish rail, a wind wing pivoted on the shield, the shield being mounted to swing independently of the pivoted movement of the wind wing, a flange on the shield within the said wall, a nut floating on the flange, a crank provided with a threaded portion within the nut, and fixed bearings for the crank.

4. In combination: an automoblie body having a window opening; a garnish rail bordering at least a portion of the opening; a shield; hinge means for said shield near one margin of said opening; said shield adapted to telescope laterally with respect to the garnish rail; means for moving said shield; and a wind wing journaled in said support for bodily movement with said shield and rotation with respect thereto.

5. In combination: an automobile body having a window opening; a C-shaped shield partially fitting the opening and having substantial width at its rear end and decreasing in width toward its front end; means for journaling said shield about an axis substantially tangential with its front end; a wind wing mounted in the support; and drive means for moving said shield about said journal means.

6. In combination: an automobile body having a window opening; a C-shaped shield bordering an end of said window opening and tapering toward its front end; a hinge supporting said shield about an axis subtantially tangential with said front end; a drive and holding means for moving the shield within the limits of its width and restraining the same in position; a wind wing conforming to said shield and means journaling said wind wing about an axis intermediate its ends.

7. In combination: vehicle having a window opening; a frame bordering the outer side of said opening; a garnish rail bodering the inner side of said opening, and in part off-set into the opening with respect to the frame to form a laterally directed slit; a shield fitting said slit to telescope into said garnish rail; means for journaling said shield; and a wind wing fitting said shield contiguous to its outer margin.

8. In combination, an automobile body having an opening, a garnish rail along the opening, a swinging shield telescoping with the garnish rail, a wind wing pivoted on the shield, the shield being mounted to swing independently of the pivotal movement of the wind wing, a flange on the shield within the body, and engaging nut and crank means on the flange and body, to effect swinging movements of the shield.

9. In combination with a vehicle window structure comprising a window frame having a laterally directed slit, a shield in the frame movable into the slit, to telescope therewith, and a wind wing on said shield.

10. In combination, an automobile body having an opening, a shield in the opening, a wind wing on the shield, means hinging the shield on an axis substantially tangential to the forward edge of said shield, mechanism for effecting hinged movement of the shield, and means journaling the wind wing on the shield about an axis intermediate the ends of the wind wing, to permit pivotal movement of the wind wing independent of the swinging movement of the shield.

11. In combination, an automobile body having an opening, a garnish rail along the opening, a shield telescoping with the garnish rail, a flange on the shield limiting movements of the shield in opposite directions, a wind wing on the shield, and mechanism connected with the flange to effect telescoping movements of the shield and garnish rail, through the intermediary of the flange.

12. The combination with a vehicle window wherein the upper and lower sides curve one into the other, of: a garnish rail following the curvature of said sides and offset for a portion thereof slightly into the space of the window to define a slit opening laterally with respect to the window; a wind wing frame conforming to said garnish rail and adapted to fit telescopically into said slit; and a wind wing carried by said frame.

WILLIAM J FULLER. 

